Adopted by the Refuse & Resist! National Council
March 18, 2001
Chicago

Whereas WBAI, KPFA and the other Pacifica network affiliate radio
stations
have
been a consistent source of progressive news and information;

Whereas Pacifica stations have played a positive role in support of
progressive
and radical movements in this country for the last 50 years;

Whereas Pacifica stations and staff have come under attack for their
political
viewpoints by reactionaries across this country and require our support;

And whereas some members of the national Pacifica Board of Directors
have
elected to be a party to these political attacks and censorship of
progressive
and radical programming on WBAI, KPFA and other affiliates;

Be it resolved by the National Council of Refuse & Resist! that
We wholeheartedly support Pacifica remaining and becoming an even
stronger
outlet for progressive, radical and revolutionary voices, an outlet and
organizer for dissent and resistance in this country;

We stand firmly in opposition to the firings, lock-outs, bannings and
censorship
of WBAI staff and supporters that began in December 2000;

We further call on all progressive people to actively oppose these
firings,
bannings and censorship; to actively defend progressive and radical
voices,
program developers and producers, and, in particular, Amy Goodman and
the
program Democracy Now;

And to expose these reactionary attacks on progressive and radical radio
as a
component of the overall reactionary agenda.

"We must break the bonds that tie us to two-party
politics, a vast pendulum swing that sends us from one
party to the next, and never at home; never in a body
that protects our interests. It's time to build the
change that we want to see." -Mumia Abu Jamal